Is my co-worker AI? Bizarre product reviews leave Gannett staff wondering Image: Mia Sato / The VergeA smattering of articles recently discovered on Reviewed, Gannett’s product reviews site, is prompting an increasingly common debate: was this made with artificial intelligence tools or by a human? The writing is stilted, repetitive, and at times nonsensical. “Before buying a product, you need to first consider the fit…

Humanity could ‘lose control’ of AI, UK PM warns, as Britain seeks leading role in the tech Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday warned of the risks of artificial intelligence ahead of a key summit next week on the technology.

All the New AI Features Coming to Google Maps Maybe AI isn’t some passing fad—certainly every tech company is racing to add as many AI features to their products as possible, Google included. Bard is the company’s answer to ChatGPT, and it even integrates with Google products like Docs, YouTube, and Gmail. Read more…

Shutterstock will now let you transform real photos using AI Image: ShutterstockShutterstock will now let you edit its library of images using AI. In an update on Thursday, Shutterstock revealed a set of new AI-powered tools, like Magic Brush, which lets you tweak an image by brushing over an area and “describing what you want to add, replace or erase.” The AI image editor is still in beta and will also l…

Google Maps is becoming more like Search — thanks to AI Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeGoogle is adding a range of new AI-powered features to Maps, including more immersive navigation, easier-to-follow driving directions, and better organized search results. The end result is an experience that will likely remind many users of Google Search. Some of this news has already been announced, like…

Microsoft Earnings Call Highlights Latest In AI For Search & Ads via @sejournal, @kristileilani Discover how Microsoft plans leveraging AI to redefine search, advertising, and productivity in the company’s latest earnings call. The post Microsoft Earnings Call Highlights Latest In AI For Search & Ads appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

AI ‘Companion’ Robots: The Next Must-Have Health Tech? More and more people are using companion robots to boost social connection, mental support, and overall health. The science suggests it’s more than a gimmick.

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Google will require Android apps to better moderate AI-generated content Image: GoogleWith generative AI exploding everywhere, Google will start requiring that Android apps include a way to report offensive AI-generated content and follow new moderation rules around what kind of AI content is acceptable. Apps using AI-generated content will be required to add a button to flag or report offensive material early next y…

Amazon now lets advertisers use generative AI to pretty up their product shots Image: AmazonAmazon is beta testing AI image generation tools for its advertisers, offering an easy way to create backgrounds or scenes around whatever product ad buyers are hoping to sell. The company says the new feature is “designed to remove creative barriers and enable brands to produce lifestyle imagery that helps improve their ads’ perfor…

Artists can use a data poisoning tool to confuse DALL-E and corrupt AI scraping Image: OpenAIFighting against data used to train AI models has become more poisonous. A new tool called Nightshade allows users to attach it to their creative work, and it will corrupt — or poison — training data using that art. Eventually, it can ruin future models of AI art platforms like DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, and Midjourney, removing it…

Microsoft shares rise as Wall Street heralds ‘strong execution,’ wider AI rollout Analysts praised Microsoft’s results and expressed optimism about the company’s product pipeline, including Microsoft 365 Copilot.

The world wants to regulate AI, but does not quite know how There is disagreement over what is to be policed, how and by whom

Wall Street wants to know how Google’s going to profit from AI It comes nearly a year after a spur in AI hype.

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 moves AI out of the cloud and onto your phone The what-is-a-photo-pocalypse gets even more complicated. | Image: QualcommQualcomm’s new flagship mobile chipset is an on-device AI fest from top to bottom. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 brings generative AI capabilities right to the chipset, vastly speeding up the processing-intensive activities that are usually outsourced to the cloud. It’s one more…

The Humane AI Pin apparently runs GPT-4 and flashes a ‘Trust Light’ when it’s recording The AI Pin has a projector, it seems, instead of a screen. | Image: TEDHumane’s first gadget, the AI Pin, is currently slated to launch on November 9th, but we just got our best look at it yet thanks to a somewhat unexpected source. Before it has even been announced, the AI Pin is one of Time Magazine’s “Best Inventions of 2023,” along with eve…

Google is ready to fill its AI searches with ads Illustration: The VergeEverybody’s coming for Google, but Google is doing just fine, according to parent company Alphabet’s third quarter earnings on Tuesday. While Google has been dealing with fierce competition on all sides and is investing a lot into infusing AI into as many products as it can, its ads business, the company’s bread and butter…

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 1+5+2 core config, on-device gen AI, & ‘Seamless’ continuity submitted by /u/McSnoo

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 announced: 2024’s Android phones get a major AI boost submitted by /u/MishaalRahman

Neuromancer: How on earth has the OG cyber punk novel never been made into a TV series? In fact, with the rise of AI, this novel may be more topical now than the day it was published. Its mind boggling to me. Its actually a very fast moving and enthralling story. The now standard 6 – 8 ep season is literally the perfect length to tell this story. I can map out the chapters in my head to make 8 episodes, no filler, all killer. the characters are super interesting, the plot is fast moving, the thesis and issues are now more topical than ever. It would probably be expensive but so are a lot of shows that t…